Wilhelmine von Schwertzell

Wilhelmine von Schwertzell (1787-1863)[1] was a German author, lieder composer,[2][3] and folklorist who helped Wilhelm Grimm collect fairy tales.[4]

Schwertzell was born in Willingshausen to Luise Freiin von Bozenburg-Stadtfeld and Georg von Schwertzell.[5] Little is known about her education. She met Wilhelm Grimm through her brother Fritz, who studied with Wilhelm in Kassel and Marburg. Wilhelm and Wilhelmine corresponded extensively; at least 75 of their letters survive.[4]

The Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm) collected folk or fairy tales from many sources.[6] Schwertzell contributed at least one: Gevatter Tod (Grim Reaper).[7] She also wrote a story about a rune stone and a buried treasure as a gift to Wilhelm on his birthday.[5]

Schwertzell’s music was published by Heinrich Albert Probst[8] (later Kistner & Siegel).[9] Her publications include:

Book
  • Leben und liebe eine Novelle [Life and Love: A Novella] (with Franz Horn and Julie von Reutern)[10]

Fairy Tale
  • Gevatter Tod (Grim Reaper)[5]

Music
  • 12 Lieder for 1, 2, und 3 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte[11][12]
    • no. 1. “Lied der Vöglein” (text by Ernst Conrad Friendrich Schulze)
    • no. 2. “Jägerlied” (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
    • no. 3. “Geistliches Abendlied” (text by anonymous)
    • no. 4. “Abschied” (text by Johann Ludwig Uhland)
    • no. 5. “Wächteruf” (text by Johann Peter Hebel)
    • no. 6. “Aus die Fischerin” (text by Goethe)
    • no. 7. “Herbstlied” (text by Johann Ludwig Tieck)
    • no. 8. “Einkehr” (text by Uhland)
    • no. 9. “Aus Genoveva” (text by Tieck)
    • no. 10. “Trost” (text by Friedrich Heinrich Karl and Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué)
    • no. 11. “Bundeslied” (text by Goethe)
    • no. 12. “An den Mond” (text by Goethe)

References
  1. Bunzel, Anja. "Johanna Kinkel Research in the Twenty-First Century | Women's Philharmonic Advocacy". Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1 000 women composers born before 1900. Richards Rosen Press. OCLC 1137758426.
  4. "29. Juli─01. September ¤ WTB: • Willingshäuser Malersymposium • - Künstlerkolonie Willingshausen". www.malerkolonie.de. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. Rebel, Hermann (1988). "Why Not 'Old Marie'... Or Someone Very Much like Her? A Reassessment of the Question about the Grimms' Contributors from a Social Historical Perspective". Social History. 13 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1080/03071028808567699. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4285654.
  6. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Baśnie braci Grimm od 200 lat bawią nie tylko dzieci | DW | 19.12.2012". DW.COM (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  7. Schnack, Ingeborg (1958). Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930 (in German). N.G. Elwert.
  8. "Zwoelf Lieder von Göthe, Fouqué, Hebel, Tiek u. Uhland für eine, zwei und drei Sing-Stimmen mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  9. "Kistner". imslp.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  10. Schwertzell, Wilhelmine. "Leben und Liebe eine Novelle". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  11. "Wilhelmine Schwertzell von Willingshausen Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  12. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. 629. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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